Atom and FPGA combination increases PCI board flexibility

MEN has introduced the F11S Compact PCI board with both the Intel Atom and FPGA on board.
Depending on the application, the board can be equipped with different versions of the Atom XL processor, which has a maximum power dissipation of 7W at up to 1.6GHz. In combination with a heatsink, the SBC can be operated from -40 to +85˚C.

The standard front IO includes a com interface via D-sub, two USB 2.0, graphics via VGA or UXGA and a PS/2 interface for connecting a keyboard or mouse. Further interfaces are a Gigabit Ethernet slot via PCI Express x1 and an FPGA-based Fast Ethernet slot on RJ45 connectors.
The onboard FPGA allows the implementation of additional customer-specific interfaces, such as serial interfaces, Can bus, binary IO, protocol converters or touch controllers. In addition, up to three SA adapters for additional IO can be placed on the board. Depending on the number of adapters, the card occupies 8 or 12HP in the system.
The memory configuration can be varied. Up to 2Gbyte soldered DDR2 sdram, 2Mbyte sram, a Compact Flash card and a Micro SD card slot are available.
A board management controller handles temperature and power supervision and the board uses the Phoenix bios. Windows is the standard operating system and the board is suitable for mobile and automatic train control applications. The low power dissipation makes it suitable for infotainment applications.
All components are soldered against shock and vibration in mobile applications and coated for protection against dust and humidity.

23 February 2010, MEN Mikro Elektronik